Yoshida 吉田博: Willow and Stone Bridge 柳に石橋

Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Title: Willow and Stone Bridge  Date: 1926 (Taisho 15)

Two women dressed in traditional kimono cross a charming stone bridge over a pond with flowering lotus plants. Willow trees in bright green hang their branches over the pond, their reflections seen glimmering in the water. Hiroshi was known to be extremely exacting when it came to the colors in his prints, and this work has unusually well-preserved colors that accurately reflect the artist’s intentions. 

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. There is a barely visible crease in the sky that seems to be a printer’s crease. Dimensions: ôban 40 x 27 cm
Publisher: Self-published by the artist.
References: Ogura, Yoshida Hiroshi zenhangashu (The Complete Woodblock Prints of Hiroshi Yoshida), 1987, p. 82, no. 80; Carolyn Putney, et. al., Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints, Toledo Museum of Art, 2013, p. 293, cat. no. 301; Toledo Museum of Art. Seal: Jizuri (“self-printed”) in ink
Signature: Yoshida in ink and Hiroshi Yoshida in pencil

SKU: YOS240